If it gets the funding, it will build two prototypes; without it, there will only be one.

The concept was unveiled at the Geneva motor show in March and is based on the Lotus Evora platform.Power for the Evora 414E is provided by a pair of electric motors – one located at each rear wheel – with a single-speed reduction transmission allowing torque vectoring between each unit. Each motor produces 204bhp or 207PS, which explains the 414 name.

Lotus’s engineering division is also intensifying its research into the human-machine interface.

The company has recently reviewed its plans in that area, as well as in vehicle electronics and systems integration, not least because of the rise of electric and hybrid vehicle projects, such as the fuel cell taxi

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[quote Autocar]If it gets the funding, it will build two prototypes; without it, there will only be one.[/quote]

They had better expect to build a single prototype, then. We have all got used to the Government throwing piles of cash at any politically expedient project, but need to get used to the fact that there is not much money left. Better to invest private money - that way you know it will be carefully spent.